Anti-Riot Forces Violently Attack Peacefully Protesting Tehran Bus Union Members
Members of one of Iran’s oldest unions who were peacefully demanding their past due housing allowances and other benefits in front of the Tehran Municipality ...
Prisoners of Conscience
December 5, 2016
Iranian Lawyer and Writers Beaten and Arrested at Commeration of Murders of Political Dissidents in 1990s
Police and plainclothes security agents arrested a prominent human rights lawyer and several members of the Writers Association of Iran at a commemoration event ...
December 4, 2016
Rights Activist Files Complaint Against Revolutionary Guard Agents for Excessive Force
Agents Attacked Atena Daemi and Her Sister and Used Pepper Spray When Taking Her into Custody The young human rights activist ...
December 4, 2016
Iranian Official Arrested for Supporting Release of Imprisoned Human Rights Activist
Director in Qazvin Governor’s office asks friends online to support Narges Mohammadi Alireza Rahmani, the director of public relations for the governor’s office in ...
December 2, 2016
Sister Breaks the Silence Over Iranian-American and Wife Held for Three Months Without Charge or Counsel
Case fabricated “for the purpose of extortion and property seizure” says US-based family member* December 2, 2016—Karan Vafadari, an Iranian-American national belonging to the Zoroastrian faith, and his ...
November 29, 2016
Women’s Rights Activist Arrested After Attending Workshop in Georgia
Twenty Others Who Attended Women’s Empowerment Workshop Also Questioned Photographer and women’s right activist Alieh Matlabzadeh has been undergoing interrogation in Evin Prison since November 26 ...
November 29, 2016
Sedigheh Moradi Freed from Prison after Serving Five Years “for Nothing”
Appeals Court Throws Away Conviction “The judge looked at my file and ordered my unconditional release. It didn’t even take 10 minutes,” said ...
November 29, 2016
Imprisoned Human Rights Activist to Sue IRGC Agents for Violent and Illegal Arrest
Atena Daemi Taken to Evin Prison’s Women’s Ward To Begin Seven-Year Sentence Human rights activist Atena Daemi, 29, was taken into ...
November 25, 2016
Missing Spiritual Leader’s Supporters Beaten by Plainclothes Intelligence Agents at Iran’s Parliament
Approximately 50 followers of imprisoned spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri—who has been missing for more than a month—were ...
November 23, 2016
Political Prisoner With Suspended Sentence Remains Detained While Same Judge Reviews Case
Iran’s Supreme Court has suspended the 15-year prison sentence of ailing political prisoner Hadi Ghaemi and referred it to the Appeals Court, but the 67-year-old will ...
November 21, 2016
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Must Stop Using Dual-Nationals as Hostages
British Government Accused of Putting Business Interest Above Protecting Its Citizens November 21, 2016—Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei should put an immediate end to the practice of the Revolutionary Guard’s Intelligence ...
November 21, 2016
Editor Says He Was Wrongly Sentenced to Prison for Posting MP’s Sexist Comments Online
MP Nader Ghazipour Has Also Assaulted a Journalist Hamed Ataee, a news editor from northwestern Iran who has been sentenced to four months in prison for posting a ...
November 18, 2016
Supreme Court to Review Case of Ailing Political Prisoner
Iran’s Supreme Court has agreed to review the case of political prisoner Rayhaneh Haj Ebrahim Dabbagh, who became ...
November 18, 2016
Rouhani Has Done Nothing to Free Political Prisoners and Is Being Called out for It
A prominent Iranian political analyst has criticized President Hassan Rouhani for reneging on his pledge to free political prisoners and opposition leaders. The centrist ...
November 18, 2016
Location of Imprisoned Spiritual Leader Unknown a Month After He Allegedly Fell Into a Coma
The family of imprisoned spiritual leader Mohammad Ali Taheri has not been informed of his location since October ...
November 18, 2016
Political Prisoner Held in Ward With Violent Offenders Injured in Knife Attack
Political prisoner Amir Amirgholi suffered injuries on his face from a knife attack by two non-political prisoners in Evin ...
November 17, 2016
Iran Draws “Red Lines” Before Talks With EU on Human Rights
Ahead of high-level talks between Iran and the European Union on human rights, the Foreign Ministry in Tehran has declared certain topics, including the ...
November 16, 2016
85 UN Member States Say Iran Must Improve Its Human Rights
Resolution Passes UN General Assembly Third Committee November 16, 2016—The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran welcomes ...
November 16, 2016
Authorities Punish Political Prisoner by Denying Medical Treatment, Visitation Rights
Political prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared has been threatened with the revocation of her visitation rights and ...
November 15, 2016
Iranian Officials Ignore Demands of Eight Ailing Political Prisoners on Hunger Strike
At least eight political prisoners are currently on life-threatening hunger strikes in Tehran and Karaj to demand better conditions and reviews of their ...
November 11, 2016
Trial of Seven Leading Members of Banned Reformist Party Postponed
Former Politicians Sent Letter to Parliament Criticizing Persecution of Oppositionists The trial of seven former reformist politicians who have been charged with “assembly and collusion ...
November 11, 2016
Pressured by Revolutionary Guards, Court Orders Iranian Teachers’ Rights Leader Back to Prison
Prominent labor union activist Esmail Abdi has been forced to continue serving the remainder of the six-year prison sentence ...
November 10, 2016
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Political Prisoner’s 10-Year Prison Sentence
The Supreme Court of Iran has agreed to review the 10-year prison sentence of Sedigheh Moradi, who was imprisoned ...
November 8, 2016
Judiciary Chief Accuses Rouhani of Hypocrisy Amid Battle Over Freedom of Expression in Iran
Shortly after criticizing attacks on freedom of expression in Iran, President Hassan Rouhani was accused of hypocrisy by Judiciary ...
November 8, 2016
Activist Imprisoned in Iran for Protesting Against Acid Attacks on Hunger Strike
Ali Shariati, who was imprisoned in 2015 for participating in a demonstration in front of Parliament against acid attacks on women, has gone on hunger strike “in protest ...